Posted April 27, 2021
Archbishop Nelson Perez celebrated Mass, toured classrooms and spent time with students, teachers and staff of the archdiocesan school April 26. Read all about the visit here. (Photos by Olivia Cunrod)
Archbishop Perez enters the Cardinal O’Hara gym for the start of Mass.
Campus ministers Father John Masson, center and Father Edward Kelly, right, walk in the entrance procession.
The choir leads the school congregation in song.
Katelin Cunningham proclaims the first reading for Mass.
Father John Masson, campus minister for Cardinal O’Hara, was a parishioner of St. Agnes in West Chester when then Father Nelson Perez was the parish’s pastor.
Archbishop Perez preaches about listening to the voice of the Good Shepherd, Jesus, which was the theme of the day’s Gospel reading.
Raynetta Nah sings a solo during the contemporary hymn “Amazing Love” during Mass.
Liam Walsh (left) and Raynetta Nah receive holy Communion from the archbishop.
Archbishop Perez tours the halls and classrooms of Cardinal O’Hara.
The archbishop speaks with a teacher and her students, both in person and those participating virtually from the screen behind him.
Archbishop Nelson Perez walks with students through the halls of Cardinal O’Hara High School in Springfield, Delaware County, which he visited April 26. (Photo by Olivia Cunrod)
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